Humanities 7

By JiaqiZhu

  • Australopithecus Afarensis

    Lucy
    4 million BCE
    Bipedal (walked on 2 feet)
    Omnivore (ate both meat and vegetables)

  • Homo Habilis

    Handy Man
    2 million BCE
    Bipedal
    Omnivore
    Had larger brains
    Created and used tools

  • Homo Erectus

    Upright Man
    1.8 million BCE
    Bipedal
    Omnivore
    Even larger brains
    Created better tools to use
    Used fire

  • Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis

    Neanderthals
    About 500,000 BCE
    Bipedal
    Omnivore
    Larger brains than before
    Made even better tools
    Used fire
    Buried the dead

  • Homo Sapiens Sapiens

    Modern Humans
    Bipedal
    Omnivore
    Largest brain of all early modern humans
    Have upgraded and better tools
    Uses fire
    Buries the dead
    Agriculture (farming and raising animals)
    Communicate
    Art

  • Rise of the Kingdom of Sumer

    Approx. 2900 BCE
    Sumer was located in Mesopatamia
    The Sumer kingdom to be found a succesful live with a stable food supply, water , and jobs. The wheel was one of their inventions. The geographical features were the Tigris and Euphrates river.

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh

    Exact date of writing unknown; best copies discovered in a 7th century BCE royal library
    The Epic of Gilgamesh is a fictional story about a real life Sumerian king and his great adventures. He was claimed to be the son of the goddess Ninsun. Gilgamesh went through harsh journies to achieve greatness in Uruk, even if the journies gave him nothing in return he never gave up.

  • Abraham

    Approx. 1900BCE
    Abraham is the first person to believe in one god and he was the first human to talk to God in the bible. Abraham is the great grandfather of Joseph.

  • Hammurabi’s Code

    1792-1750 BCE
    Hammurabi’s Code contain a list of 210 laws that the people of Babylon had to follow or else, they will be punished. Hammurabi was the king of Babylon and got the rights to rule and make laws from Shamash, the Sumerian/Babylion Sun God..

  • Joseph goes to Egypt and the Israelites follow

    Approx. 1700-1280 BCE
    Joseph was favorite son of Jacob and great grandson of Abraham. Joseph was the elventh son of Jacob's tewlve sons. He and his brothers then became the 12 tribes of Isreal. Joesph was sold into salvery by his elven hateful brothers. Then he was made the King's viser, due to the fact he could interpret dreams, and helped the kingdom of Egypt flourish.

  • Moses, the Exodus from Egypt, and the Ten Commandments

    Approx. 1280-1240 BCE
    Moses was a biblical figure. He supposedly freed the Isrealites from Egypt, and warned the king of the ten plagues that will be delivered to Egypt if he didnt follow God's orders. The ten commandments were given to Moses and the Isrealites by God.

  • The Time of the Judges/The Time Before Kings

  • The Reign of David

  • Siege of Lachish

    -701 BCE
    -known as Tell ed-Duweir
    -heavily fortified hill town
    -Hezekiah, rebelled against the Assyrians
    -Sennacherib, attacked with the Assyrian army and won
    -many were forced from their homes
    -we remember this by the Lachish relief
    -the relief shows all the glorious fame of Sennacherib

  • Siege of Jerusalem

    -587 BCE
    -tired of following the rules of others
    -fought amoungst themselves-
    -the temple was destroyed
    -they re-built the temple but was later destroyed again
    -they were exiled from their own city

  • Indus Valley Civilizations

    2000 BCE
    -fertility
    -bull
    -water bowls
    -agriculture

  • The Aryan Invasion and the Vedas

    1700 BCE
    -traveled and conquered
    -weapons
    -written in sanscript
    -original ways of Hindu teaching
    -earliest documents of human mind

  • The Ascetics and the Upanishads

    700-500 BCE
    -contained hindu beliefs
    -provided the foundation of hinduism learning
    -practiced their religion all their life
    -allowed the lower class to participate in their religions